Louisiana's high court to hear school voucher suit Tuesday

7:42 PM,
Mar. 18, 2013

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BATON ROUGE, La. - Attorneys on both sides of the debate over using public funds to pay for students to attend private schools are honing their arguments for a showdown Tuesday with oral arguments before the Louisiana Supreme Court.

No witnesses may be called and each side has a limited amount of time to present arguments. Written arguments have been filed, so justices are familiar with the case.

Baton Rouge District Judge Tim Kelley's ruling that using the funding formula, known as the Minimum Foundation Program, or MFP, violated a constitutional provision that says the fund can only be used ...